Echinops giganteus
| Echinops giganteus | |
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| Young inflorescence of globe thistle Echinops giganteus, approximately 150 cm high, photographed along the Chogoria route, Mount Kenya, at approximately 3100 m altitude | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Genus: | Echinops | 
| Species: | E. giganteus 
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinops giganteus A.Rich. 
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Echinops giganteus is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae and is native to Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.[1]
References
- ^ "Echinops giganteus A.Rich. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
 
